Psalm 78:53-72
New American Standard Bible 1995
54 So (C)He brought them to His holy [a]land,
To this [b](D)hill country (E)which His right hand had gained.
55 He also (F)drove out the nations before them
And (G)apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they [c](H)tempted and (I)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and (J)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They (K)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they (L)provoked Him with their (M)high places
And (N)aroused His jealousy with their (O)graven images.
59 When God heard, He [d]was filled with (P)wrath
And greatly (Q)abhorred Israel;
60 So that He (R)abandoned the (S)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent [e]which He had pitched among men,
61 And gave up His (T)strength to captivity
And His glory (U)into the hand of the adversary.
62 He also (V)delivered His people to the sword,
And [f]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
63 (W)Fire devoured [g]His young men,
And [h]His (X)virgins had no wedding songs.
64 [i]His (Y)priests fell by the sword,
And [j]His (Z)widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord (AA)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a (AB)warrior [k]overcome by wine.
66 He [l](AC)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
67 He also (AD)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount (AE)Zion which He loved.
69 And He (AF)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
70 He also (AG)chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From [m](AH)the care of the [n]ewes (AI)with suckling lambs He brought him
To (AJ)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel (AK)His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (AL)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:54 Lit border, territory
- Psalm 78:54 Or mountain
- Psalm 78:56 Or put to the test
- Psalm 78:59 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:60 Some ancient versions read where He dwelt
- Psalm 78:62 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:63 Or their
- Psalm 78:63 Or their
- Psalm 78:64 Or their
- Psalm 78:64 Or their
- Psalm 78:65 Or sobered up from
- Psalm 78:66 Lit smote
- Psalm 78:71 Lit following
- Psalm 78:71 Lit ewes which gave suck, He...
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